Flora of Australia. 107 



Atrii'LEx sTU'iTATiM, Beiitli. ■' Kidney Sallhush." (Chciiuiiodiaft'ae). 



Werribee Gorjre, Victoria, V. R. H. St. John, Januaiy 29th, 1912. 

 A new locality for this jilant. imly previously recorded in Victoria 

 from the north-west. 



Bartsia Trixago, L. " Trixa«>;o liartsia." (Scrophulariaceae). 



Near Newstead, County of Talbot, Victoria, F. M. Reader, Oct., 

 1909 ; Boorhanian, North-east Victoria, per J. Callander, October, 

 1911. 



This naturalised alien is now recorded from four widely separated 

 localities, and is evidently spreadinjr. Like " The Couiuion Bartsia " 

 (Bartsia latifolia, Sibth. and Sni.), it is probably parasitic on the 

 roots of grasses. 



Brassic'A aupressa, Boiss. "Hoary Brassica." (Cruciferae). 



A native of Europe, now naturalised as an alien round al)out Mel- 

 bourne and in the Sale district. It has not previously been recorded. 

 It has no pasture or economic value, and is usually a weed of waste 

 places. If neglected it is capable of becoming a troublesome weed in 

 cultivated ground and even in pastures, owing to its free powers of 

 seeding. Sheep appear to eat the young shoots, espc'cially when 

 pasture is scarce. 



Caltcotome sriNosA, Link. " Spiny Broom." (Leguminosae). 



Growing along roads at Bolwarrah, near Ballarat, C. French, junr., 

 July 27th, 1909, spreading on the top of the clitfs at Mornington, C. 

 French, junr., March :5rd, 1912. 



This plant, a native of Spain, can now be regarded as a permanently 

 established naturalised alien. It was possibly originally planted in a 

 hedge, thence running wild. It has no known economic value beyond 

 its value as a hedge plant, and is quite capable of becoming a trou- 

 blc'some weed if neglected. 



Cnicus henedktus, L. (Carhenia bexedicta, Adans.) "' Blessed 

 Thistle." (Compositae). 



North Ovens Shire, Victoria, Feb., 1905 ; North Wangaratta, C. T. 

 Kidd, Oct.. 1911 ; Springhurst, J. E. Aldridge, Nov., 1911. 



This hardy annual, a native of the Mediterranean regions, was re- 

 corded in the ■" Weeds, Poison Plants and Naturalised Aliens of Vic- 

 toria," p. 94 (1909), as a garden escape, but it has now apparently 

 established itself and may be considered naturalised. According to 



